. jennifer lopez and steven tyler will join the show. simon cowell left the show at the end of last season. >> who will be the crazy one? let's see what is coming up this evening. >> gordon peterson joins us. >> there are new indications that white house rahm emanuel will be leaving the white house. he does have a deadline. new revelations, and a new book revealing that the obama administration was more divided than previously indicated on the war in afghanistan. see what the latest is on the severe weather. >> doug hill is keeping an eye on things. >> not a lot happening right now. a few showers here and there. let's see if we can share them with you as far as the locations. in rockville there is one area of shower activity. our storm scan reveals a separate area of storms moving across southern pennsylvania. we are watching this line starting to diminish. those storms are likely to affect the northern border counties of maryland and west virginia. most of the metro area will only have a pop up shower. let's go to our rooftop camera. sunshine, a few clouds, temperatures -- the 64th time w

story of the day. simon cowell left "american idol" to go to a new talent show called "the x factor" over in the uk. these two teenage girls get onstage, abby and lisa, doing their rendition of their song. and apparently they start off sweet, happy to be here, living the dream, blah, blah, blah. things get nasty as the performance goes on. take a look at how things progress on this new show. ♪ ♪ i'm not giving up oh no >> singing is not great. >> who are you? ♪ i'm going to get in trouble, i'm going to start a fight ♪ >> all right, let's recap that little nugget. first of all, the girl says to her, who are you? that was singer natalie rulio who had a big hit a couple of years ago. decks her while walking offstage. the other girl flips the audience the bird. these obviously were not the most dainty women. >> no, this is kind of like "jerry springer" meets "jersey shore." you know who's loving it all. >> simon cowell. lots of controversy, lots of money in the bank. you have the worst attitude of any contestant i've ever met on any of these shows. seriously, seriously rude. >>

" ever again find the right mix, especially after losing their sharp-tongued standout? simon cowell is launching his own talent show "the x factor" on fox. >> "american idol" without simon is the >>> making news on this monday, september 6th. >> it's the economy. president obama will outline his plans to jump start job growth. is it too little, too late for the democrats. >>> censoring adult services. craigslist bans adult ads but will have an impact on adult -- >> was steven slater fired from jetblue or did he quit? >>> good morning, everybody. happy labor day, of course. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm mike marusarz sitting in for vinita nair. as americans mark this labor day, president obama celebrates with union workers in wisconsin. >> it's the beginning of a renewed focus on the nation's sagging economy from the white house and it comes just weeks from the crucial midterm elections. emily schmidt is joining us. >> reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you. that's by president obama is going to start his focus this week on the economy. and he will begin today with rolling out an infr

final stages of contract talks. barring any last-minute problems, it could be final next week. simon cowell left "american idol" this past season along with ellen degeneres who was a judge for one season. >>> back over to sal who is collecting data this morning. >> if you are leaving town, let me know. tweet me. let me know where you are going. if you are driving or flying, we will pass it on to our viewers. not a lot of people out there heading up to 280 at the 880 interchange. looking at the grade here, that is looking well. we will have another report a few minutes away. dave and pam. >>> thank you. 5:57. digging deep for answers. we will tell you where police will be swarming today looking for valuable clues to the killings of several bay area people this week. >>> and whytheyy are warning lawmakers over oil drilling along the gulf coast is hurting businesses. droiiiid. what this droid does will change how you do web connections. this creates a mobile 3g hotspot, powerful enough to fuel multiple devices at will. putting you at the center of your own world wide web. introducing th

the best time to leave. simon cowel and he will ellen degeneres left at the end of the season. >> not the way you want to start a ten game road trip. the elephant in the room is barry zito. the problem is he just can't win. now, 0-6 since july 16th. oh, by the way, 15 games under 500 since he joined the giants for $126 million some four years ago. tommy is saying do you believe this guy is still in the starting rotation? we like our chances tonight. barry zito with the do-nothing breaking pitch to rob barahaas in the second inning. three hits off the giants. all three have left the yard. buster posey in the third gets it right back for the giants with a clean single into left center-field off chad billingsly to make it 2-2. in the bottom of the inning zito can't hold them. walks the bases with two out. the pitcher strokes it to right. he can't make the play out there. hasn't done anything either for the giants since coming over from kansas city. billingsly8 innings and no earned runs. padres won and the giants are three back. 4-2 is the final. >> crime and punishment can't instigate s

one of them. >> reporter: rained jackson is sitting in simon -- randy jackson is sitting in simon cowell's old seat, but he said no one will ever say you've become the new cowell, cowell, you're a dog. this season is an american idol remix, but the drill is the same for the contestants. kelly powers came a long way from wood ridge virginia but never thought american idol was for her. >> i never wanted to do the show. >> reporter: her friends and family convinced her to give it a try. now she's in jersey city hoping american idol will help make her singing dreams come true. >> this is it for me. this is really what i'm meant to do. i know that in every bone in my body. >> reporter: her mother remembers hearing kelly sing in the back seat of the car at the age of 2 and knew she had something special. >> it's very exciting. i'm really, really proud of her. i know that she can do this. she's come a long way. >> reporter: life hasn't been easy. her father died young and she's taken care of an older sister with mental illness. two years ago she was accepted to berkeley school of music b

when she came to idol. but she feels this is the best time to leave. simon cowel and he will ellen degeneres left at the end of the season. >> not the way you want to start a ten game road trip. the elephant in the room is barry zito. the problem is he just can't win. now, 0-6 since july 16th. oh, by the way, 15 games under 500 since he joined the giants for $126 million some four years ago. tommy is saying do you believe this guy is still in the starting rotation? we like our chances tonight. barry zito with the do-nothing breaking pitch to rob barahaas in the second inning. three hits off the giants. all three have left the yard. buster posey in the third gets it right back for the giants with a clean single into left center-field off chad billingsly to make it 2-2. in the bottom of the inning zito can't hold them. walks the bases with two out. the pitcher strokes it to right. he can't make the play out there. hasn't done anything either for the giants since coming over from kansas city. billingsly8 innings and no earned runs. padres won and the giants are three back. 4-2 is the

of you know me as one of the judges on "britain's got talent." i sit between piers morgan and simon cowell. an extraordinary place to be. on american television piers is seen weekly as a talent judge but in england he's also known as a veteran journalist who's covered news all over the world. i sat down with piers for a personal conversation and he told me how he approached cnn and then campaigned to replace the king of talk. >> welcome to cnn. >> thank you very much. it's a great honor -- >> reporter: with that hand shake larry king ended an era and handed over the reins of his 25-year-old show to british journalist piers morgan. >> with that chapter closing i'm looking forward to the future. what my next chapter will bring. but for now, for here, it's time to hang up the nightly suspenders. >> reporter: it was a storied career that included some 40,000 interviews, king's been the man everyone's opened up to. >> who gave you this ring? >> richard. >> reporter: a frenz request of speculation erupted as to who would replace the legend, from ryan seacrest to joy behar. the name as a f

lopez, and record executive jimmy iovine will join randy jackson. the group will replace simon cowell, ellen degeneres, and karla diogiardi. wolf blitzer is busy with politics and could not accept the job. >> fun assignment but not equ qualifie qualified. >> people don't know the dance moves and chops you have. >> i do like music, though. >> you do. >>> a major leap of faith for the religious community. why churches are now teaming one the new united neighs. details. >>> and donald trump, revealing new details about the next season of his hit show, "the apprenti apprentice" giving new meaning to the concept of reality tv. more of my big interview with donald trump coming up. high blood pressure or diabetes, you may also have very high triglycerides -- too much fat in the blood. it's a serious medical condition. lovaza, along with diet, effectively lowers very high triglycerides in adults but has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or strokes. lovaza starts with omega-3 fish oil that's then purified and concentrated. it's the only omega-3 medication that's fda-approved. you